Please turn 'music'down

11:37 PM,
May 20, 2014

Written by

Don Triptow
Writers Group

What started out as a recent routine trip to the grocery store turned out to be a horror story that would have done Edgar Allan Poe proud (pardon my grammar). My shopping list was pretty lengthy, but I hoped to get in and out of the market as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, Lady Fate dealt me a hand that would almost make me weep before the day was over.

A sign on the front door stated, "OUT OF ORDER-PLEASE PUSH." As I entered the lobby, a clerk blocked my path and insisted that I take the shopping cart he was offering. I did not have to push it far to realize that it was the shopping cart from a nightmare. ...